# Disable the # autocomplete popup in post editor? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-the-autocomplete-popup-in-post-editor/249698 **Category:** Feature **Tags:** hashtag-autocomplete **Created:** [December 22, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-the-autocomplete-popup-in-post-editor/249698 "2022-12-22T20:53:30Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 26
### Author: ![renato](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/renato/32/383632_2.png) [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato) #### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-the-autocomplete-popup-in-post-editor/249698/26 "2023-02-01T02:50:54Z")
Just a reminder that there were some topics with people (me included) asking for the current behavior before, when it was exactly like the described. > [@\#tags won't autocomplete at start of line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-wont-autocomplete-at-start-of-line/90578): > > A minor issue: autocompleting of tags won’t work when the # is the first character of a line. > [@Auto-complete with hashtag doesn't activate when hashtag is first character on a new line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-complete-with-hashtag-doesnt-activate-when-hashtag-is-first-character-on-a-new-line/131676): > > When you start a hashtag to refer to another category or tag, if you start it as the first thing on a new line it does not bring up the autocomplete box. This is happening on my site, confirmed here on meta through screenshots below. This means that when I want to list categories one on each line, I have to first compose them on one line, then I hit enter. They appropriately render, mind you: #dev But if I don’t know the path for a subcategory or a tag, I have to guess or compose on a previou… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-the-autocomplete-popup-in-post-editor/249698)._